Tag: Jobless

• Saturday, June 6th 2015 - 08:24 UTC

  US unemployment in May ups to 5.5%, as more people look for jobs

  

  The US economy added 280,000 jobs in May, the US Labor Department has said. The increase was more than analysts had expected and the biggest this year and was described as “encouraging”.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 21:02 UTC

  The 34-country OECD has 48 million jobless with little hopes until 2014

  

  Unemployment in advanced economies will remain high until at least the end of 2013, with young people and the low-skilled bearing the brunt of what is by far the weakest economic recovery in the past four decades, the OECD said today.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 17:35 UTC

  Euro zone unemployment climbs to highest level since 1998

  

  Euro zone unemployment has risen to its highest level since before the Euro was introduced, according to data showed on Tuesday, a day after EU leaders promised to focus on creating millions of new jobs to try to kick start Europe's floundering economy.

• Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:37 UTC

  Over five million Spaniards out of a job; recession forecasted in 2012 first quarter

  

  Spain’s unemployment total has passed the five million mark, with the jobless rate shooting up from 21.5% to 22.8%, which represents something like one out of four workers don’t have a job.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 05:23 UTC

  German miracle, unemployment falls to its lowest since December 1991

  

  German unemployment fell to its lowest rate in December since 1991, according to the German Federal Labour Agency.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 21:00 UTC

  Advanced economies unemployment reaches 8.3%; Spain worst case with 22.8%

  

  Unemployment rates remain stubbornly high in the world's most advanced economies according to data released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 08:26 UTC

  Anaemic Spain: no end in sight for soaring unemployment

  

  The number of people filing for unemployment benefits in Spain shot up by nearly 100,000 in September, a surprisingly big increase even in a month that tends to be bad for workers as vacation season contracts expires.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 18:47 UTC

  US unemployment benefit applications climb for second week running

  

  The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week in a sign concerns about a weak economy were sapping an already beleaguered labour market, data showed Thursday.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 23:22 UTC

  White House admits jobless rate is “unacceptably high” following May’s 9.1%

  

  White House said on Friday the US unemployment rate was unacceptably high while trying to put a brave face on a report that showed employers hired far fewer workers than expected in May.

• Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:21 UTC

  Over 100 injured in Barcelona as police takes protestors with rubber bullets and tear gas

  

  Over 100 people were injured on Friday when police forcibly evicted protesters who have been camped out for two weeks in the main square of Barcelona as part of a nationwide mobilization against youth unemployment, austerity, corruption and the country’s political class